High-water mark
669.0632
career-best overall
92.9% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 669.0632 at W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol — 92.9% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Feb 24, 2024
Meat Smokin' Stories
Meat Smokin' Stories is a competition barbecue team with 7 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2021 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 7th of 15 at the Twin Smoke (2022). They are ranked #3421 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1495
peak 1504 · rated over 6 contests1 invitational or side-series contest not counted
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
Sep 11, 2021
latest May 17, 2025 · 3.7 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
4
57% of 7 contests
Best top-10 run
3
straight overall top-10s
Avg finish
top 64%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
641.59 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 635.30 (+6.28)
Walk rate
86%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±24.13
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 159.97 · weakest Pork (157.59)
Road miles
10,644
across 7 mapped stops · furthest 5,014 mi
Schedule strength
20%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1527)
Master avg
635.30 / 720
7 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #830 (131 pts) | #1034 (111 pts) | #1134 (106 pts) | #877 (141 pts) | #845 (151 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #695 (219 pts) | #819 (179 pts) | #798 (209 pts) | #794 (184 pts) | #531 (374 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #918 (145 pts) | #932 (155 pts) | #996 (155 pts) | #914 (165 pts) | #1188 (95 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #874 (135 pts) | #920 (135 pts) | #971 (135 pts) | #1113 (100 pts) | #841 (165 pts) |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Meat Smokin' Stories, each with one reason worth a look.
127 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3,417 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1495
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,433 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
Level with Meat Smokin' Stories on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,420 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1514
They were already cooking in 2013, 8 years before Meat Smokin' Stories's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#3,430 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 43%
- Peak
- 1495
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,427 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1510
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,405 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1515
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 6 years before Meat Smokin' Stories's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 165.7256 | 152 | 159.97 | top 67% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 166.8572 | 142.2516 | 159.07 | top 63% |
| Pork | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 166.8228 | 148.5028 | 157.59 | top 70% |
| Brisket | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 172.5944 | 134.7772 | 158.67 | top 56% |
“Calls” = top-10 category finishes (getting called to the stage). Scores here are the final weighted totals KCBS publishes; per-criterion appearance/taste/tenderness marks aren’t in the public results feed.
By field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 5 | 0 | top 61% |
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 50% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 91% |
By state / province (where the contests were held)
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| LT | 5 | 0 | top 61% |
| BZ | 1 | 0 | top 50% |
| TN | 1 | 0 | top 91% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twin Smoke | 5 | 7 | 0 | top 61% | May 17, 2025 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2024
2 contests
Contests a season
1.4
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
LT
5 of 7 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
141
finished ahead 49 times, behind 124
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20251 milestone
- Most recent contest Twin Smoke
20242 milestones
- Career-best overall score669.0632 W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol
- Career-best single call (Brisket)172.5944 W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol
20231 milestone
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score661.5660 Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)
20221 milestone
- Peak power rating (1504) Twin Smoke
20213 milestones
- First tracked contest Twin Smoke
- First call Twin Smoke
- First overall top-10 Twin Smoke
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +2.8 | Twin Smoke | Jul 2, 2022 |
| +2.5 | W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol | Feb 24, 2024 |
| +1.1 | Twin Smoke | Sep 11, 2021 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -5.6 | Twin Smoke | May 17, 2025 |
| -3.4 | Twin Smoke | May 18, 2024 |
| -2.6 | Twin Smoke | May 20, 2023 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
How entries end (by meat)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 73% | 88.1% | 88.1% |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 58% | 92.9% | 88.6% |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 78% | 91.9% | 90.1% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 47% | 83% | 83% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 53% | 89.1% | 89.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 2025 | Twin Smoke Vilnius, Lithuania | 8 / 11 (634.6628) | 10 (155.3600) | 11 (153.6800) | 7 (161.6684) | 6 (163.9544) |
| May 18, 2024 | Twin Smoke Vilnius, Lithuania | 12 / 18 (607.2912) | 14 (156.5140) | 17 (142.2516) | 15 (153.0972) | 7 (155.4284) |
| Feb 24, 2024 | W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol Rein in Taufers, BZ | 13 / 26 (669.0632) | 19 (162.8116) | 10 (166.8344) | 17 (166.8228) | 3 (172.5944) |
| Oct 13, 2023 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) unrated Lynchburg, TN | 74 / 81 (661.5660) | 59 (165.6800) | 67 (165.6916) | 69 (165.0972) | 70 (165.0972) |
| May 20, 2023 | Twin Smoke Vilnius, Lithuania | 9 / 14 (635.3484) | 9 (161.7028) | 4 (166.8572) | 10 (153.1084) | 10 (153.6800) |
| Jul 2, 2022 | Twin Smoke Vilnius, Lithuania | 7 / 15 (597.6000) | 6 (152) | 6 (155.9656) | 5 (154.8572) | 14 (134.7772) |
| Sep 11, 2021 | Twin Smoke Vilnius, Lithuania | 8 / 15 (641.6000) | 8 (165.7256) | 8 (162.2400) | 13 (148.5028) | 5 (165.1316) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.